Ratings Collection

The HMS Victory - brought in to Portsmouth Harbour
The HMS Victory - in Portsmouth Harbour. Fitted up as a Naval School of Telegrapha before becoming a floating signal school proper (as can be seen on this card) until 1904

Five maritime books from a collection including volumes of the Cunard Magazine, the Official Guide & Album of the Cunard Steamship Service, International Medical Guide for Ships

The Prince of Wales in a sailor suit
Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, King Edward VII (1841-1910) dressed in a sailor suit, after a painting by Winterhalter

Naval Ratings in Bombay (Mumbai) Riots
1000 Naval Ratings in Bombay (Mumbai) riot on 19th February 1946 in protest against a cut in pay and allowances. Date: 1946

The Midshipmaid by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall
The MidshipMaid by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall. First produced Shaftesbury Theatre, 10th August 1931. It is a comedy with musical interludes in which a pompous economy expert Sir Percy Newbiggin

Parade down Whitehall - WW2 victory celebrations
Parade down Whitehall in Central London during victory celebrations to mark the end of the Second World War. Naval officers and ratings can be seen marching

Up Spirits on HMS Cleopatra, 1953
Photograph showing the distribution of rum to ratings on board HMS Cleopatra after Queen Elizabeth IIs first order - splice the mainbrace - following her review of the fleet

Daily Issue of Grog
Royal Naval ratings form an orderly queue to receive their daily allowance of GROG - a mixture of rum and water

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